The bridge opened on Sunday at 6pm, following a challenge to switch the artificial membrane between the aluminium bridge deck and metal construction beneath.
Contractors additionally used the closure as a possibility to present the 23-year-old construction a deep clear.
The bridge is owned and maintained by 900-year-old charity Metropolis Bridge Basis (beforehand often known as Bridge Home Estates).
Whereas abseilers labored on the bridge a bundle of straw was displayed – according to long-standing customized enshrined in Port of London Authority laws – to warn mariners of lowered headroom for vessels.
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The BBC's Tom Edwards stories on the work to keep up the bridge. Video printed right here as a part of the BBC's Native Information Partnerships.
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